Authorities are investigating an attempted assault on two young girls at a Lakewood Shul today, TLS has learned.

Sources tell TLS at approximately 2 PM this afternoon, a man walked into the 14th Street area Shul during a Simcha, and attempted to assault the approximately eight and 10-year-old girls in the basement, possibly exposing himself in the process.

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i was there today. The man posed as a janitor with a broom in his hand. Please warn your children to be wary of all strangers in shul these days even if they appear to be cleaning staff or waiters. BH nothing happened today but it could have been worse. Please talk to your children. This is the first step to prevention. Teach them to yell if someone tries to take them anywhere and make sure an adult is supervising where ever the kids are playing. Even if you are in the same building an adult should be in the same room or floor as the children

To anon- please leave your ridiculous comments to a different forum. If anyone wouldn’t call police in an attempted abduction situation he should be arrested and have his kids taken away. No greater pikuach nefesh than that.

To anon don’t be so critical. The question posed how they called police is an attempt to understand things. Your answer is only partly insightfull. Halacha is perfect and complete and I dont yet understand many things I want to.

If you were there you would also know nothing actually happened and details in story are not 100 percent correct. Children were taken by perp to bathroom but they managed bh to escape with no harm done

I live in the neighborhood and I walked past during the drama, yet before I did the terrible aveira of looking at my smartphone, I would have no idea of this story. Why are my children undeserving of protection? And what about all of those who do not have smartphones? Are their children fair game?